My severe anxiety (I'm not even sure if that's what I should be calling it...) brings me to a point at times where I feel like self-injury will be the only thing to calm me down. For about 6 months now I haven't self-injured, and have been trying to deal with the anxiety in healthy ways such as journaling and breathing exercises. Unfortunately, these don't work as well as I had hoped, and my anxiety can still be out of control.

My question is this - If I went on Xanax, do you think this would be beneficial? This way when I feel like my anxiety is getting out of control, I can take this drug (as needed) instead of hurting myself. I feel like Xanax could really help me as I don't feel anxious 24/7, so I don't think I need to take something everyday (and I don't want to). I don't want to self-injure anymore and really want this to help. Do you think this is a good idea? Would xanax calm me down enough to possibly curb my urges?

Thanks for everyones time.